{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/729b171f-e9d4-4ce9-9219-4a1504f7eeec?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Alba's Black Sheep","description":"<p>On today's episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss Alex Salmond launching his new party, Alba, the implications for Scottish voters, and whether Salmond's return to the political arena is appropriate. Then, in You Ask Us, they look at a weekend of briefings about a potential reshuffle to Keir Starmer's top team.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribing</strong>&nbsp;to the New Statesman helps us keep producing this podcast. You can now subscribe for 12 weeks for just £12. Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/subscribe12\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">newstatesman.com/subscribe12</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>We'd love to hear from you.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Send us your You Ask Us questions at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://youaskus.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">youaskus.co.uk</a></p><p>.</p><p>You can follow Stephen Bush on twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/stephenkb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@stephenkb</a>. Anoosh Chakelian is&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/Anoosh_C\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@Anoosh_C</a>&nbsp;and Ailbhe Rea is&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/PronouncedAlva\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@PronouncedAlva</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>More audio</strong>&nbsp;from the New Statesman: listen to our weekly global affairs show&nbsp;<a href=\"https://play.acast.com/s/world-review/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>World Review</em></a></p><p><br></p><p>If you are a&nbsp;New Statesman&nbsp;digital subscriber you can get ad-free access to this podcast by visiting&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.newstatesman.com/nssubscribers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">newstatesman.com/nssubscribers</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>People discussed in this episode</strong></p><p>Alex Salmond</p><p>Nicola Sturgeon</p><p>Keir Starmer</p><p>Anneliese Dodds</p><p>Boris Johnson</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Topics discussed in this episode</strong></p><p>SNP</p><p>Scotland</p><p>Scottish Independence</p><p>UK</p><p>Alba Party</p><p>Labour Party</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}